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| c. 30,000 years ago |
| | With the sea level falling, a land bridge (known as Beringia) forms between Siberia and Alaska, enabling humans to enter the continent of America | |
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| c. 15,000 years ago |
| | The La Brea tarpit in Los Angeles shows signs of human activity in the region | |
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| c. 5000 BC |
| | Squash and chili are the first plants to be cultivated in America, in the Tehuácan valley in modern Mexico | |
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| c. 3000 BC |
| | The llama and the alpaca, two south American members of the camel family, are domesticated | |
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| c. 2500 BC |
| | At Huaca Prieta, the earliest known farming community in South America, squash, gourds and chili are cultivated | |
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| c. 2000 BC |
| | Medicine men in Peru practise trephination, cuttting holes in the skulls of brave or foolhardy patients | |
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